Entertainment Weekly (4/04/03, p.101) - "...This tribute lets us hear these spirituals the way their writer probably heard 'em in his head..." - Rating: A-Uncut (6/03, p.138) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The real reason you're likely to want this collection is that Dylan himself guests with Mavis Staples on a gruff-but-glorious re-reading of 1979's 'Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking'..."Mojo (Publisher) (5/03, pp.96-7) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The disc reveals Dylan to be as strong a gospel writer as he is folk balladeer..."0.2705733

Down Beat (p.79) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Thirty modern-day gospel artists deliver delirious invocations while under the sway of their Lord."Living Blues (p.76) - "Up-tempo rhythms designed to drive congregations into a state of Holy Ghost-inspired spiritual ecstasy known as 'shouting' are the set's common denominator."0.2705733